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Living at Church Bank, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. Christopher Wood, 50yrs, Calico Printer, wife, Elizabeth, 48yrs, 7 children, Richard 25, Salesman, Alicia 23, Edward 21, Agent, Ellen Ann 19, William C. 17, Robert J. 6, Augusta I. 3yrs, plus 2 domestic servants.
Living at Woodlands, Silverdale, Lancashire. Christopher Wood, 61yrs, Landed Proprietor, Elizabeth, 58yrs, Alicia, 33yrs, John, 21yrs, Oxford Undergraduate, William Westall, 27yrs, son-in-law, Cotton Spinner, Ellen A. 29yrs, 3 grandchildren, John 5, Christopher 3, Ellen 10 months, plus 2 domestic servants.
Living at The Cedars, Colegreen, Stockport, Cheshire. William Westall, 37yrs, Manufacturer and Dyer of Cotton, wife, Alicia, 43yrs, 4 children, John, 15yrs, Christopher, 13yrs, Ellen, 10yrs, Lily, 7yrs. plus 2 domestic servants.
Living at Fair Mead Cottage, High Beech, Waltham, Essex. William Westall, 57yrs, Author, Alicia, 63yrs, Ethel A., 19yrs., plus 2 domestic servants.
Living at Rydall, Wordsworth Road, Worthing. Alicia Westall, 73yrs, Living on own means, Ethel A. 29yrs, Living on own means.
William Bury Westall - Husband of Alicia
English novelist
William Bury Westall was an English novelist born in Old Accrington, Lancashire, England. Originally a businessman, he later became a journalist who also wrote about 30 pot-boiler romantic novels with titles including The Old Factory, Strange Crimes and Her Ladyship's Secret.
He lived much of his life in Switzerland, where he served as foreign correspondent for The Times of London.